Title 49 Chapter 17 Section 405

Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act
Judges' Contributory Retirement Act
Section 405
Annual cost-of-living adjustment.

            

49-17-405.   Annual cost-of-living adjustment.

            (1) The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to:

            (a) an allowance paid under Section 49-17-402 and Part 5, Death Benefit, of this chapter if the benefit has been paid for at least one year; and

            (b) a payment made to an alternate payee under a domestic relations order, if the payment is to be paid as a percentage of the allowance rather than a specific dollar amount.

            (2) (a) The allowance shall be increased by the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index up to a maximum of 4%.

            (b) Annual increases in the Consumer Price Index in excess of 4% shall be accumulated and used in subsequent adjustments when the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index is less than 4%.

            (3) The Consumer Price Index used in calculating adjustments shall be a United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index average as determined by the board.

            (4) The cost-of-living adjustment made under this section may not decrease the allowance.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 250, 2002 General Session